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几

jǐ

HSK 1 Character Traditional 幾

What 几 means

1. how many; how much
2. several; a few

Other readings

几 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jīsmall table
• jīalmost

Example sentences

• 几位？
  How many people?
• 你几岁了
  How old are you?
• 几点了？
  What time is it?
• 你几岁?
  How old are you?
• 现在几点？
  What time is it?
• 你几岁了？
  How old are you?

Words starting with 几

• 几乎jī hūalmost; nearly; practically
• 几千jǐ qiānseveral thousand
• 几何jǐ hégeometry; (literary) how much
• 几时jǐ shíat what time?; when?
• 几率jī lǜprobability; odds
• 几度jǐ dùhow many times; several times; how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle)
• 几多jǐ duō(dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc)
• 几许jǐ xǔ(literary) how many; quite a few
• 几何学jǐ hé xuégeometry
• 几案jī ànlong narrow table
• 几个jǐ gea few; several; how many
• 几分jǐ fēnsomewhat; a bit
• 几天jǐ tiānseveral days
• 几希jī xīnot much; very little (e.g. difference)
• 几年jǐ niána few years; several years; how many years?
• 几样jǐ yàngseveral kinds
• 几次jǐ cìseveral times
• 几经jǐ jīngto go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
• 几至jī zhìalmost
• 几号jǐ hào(slang) heroin
• 几近jī jìnto be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
• 几点jǐ diǎnwhat time?; when?
• 几何量jǐ hé liànggeometric quantity
• 几内亚Jǐ nèi yàGuinea; Taiwan pr. Jī nèi yà

Words containing 几

• 十几shí jǐmore than ten; a dozen or more
• 好几hǎo jǐseveral; quite a few
• 前几天qián jǐ tiāna few days ago; a few days before; the past few days
• 茶几chá jīsmall side table; coffee table; teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
• 寥寥无几liáo liáo wú jǐ(idiom) very few
• 曾几何时céng jǐ hé shíjust a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..
• 所剩无几suǒ shèng wú jǐthere is not much left
• 无几wú jǐvery little; hardly any
• 未几wèi jǐsoon; before long
• 条几tiáo jīlong narrow table
• 老几lǎo jǐwhere in the order of seniority among siblings?…
• 不拉几bù lā jī(dialect) extremely
• 好几年hǎo jǐ niánseveral years
• 近几年jìn jǐ niánin recent years
• 这几天zhè jǐ tiānthe past few days
• 算老几suàn lǎo jǐjust who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)
• 代数几何dài shù jǐ héalgebraic geometry
• 内在几何nèi zài jǐ héintrinsic geometry
• 分形几何fēn xíng jǐ héfractal geometry
• 平面几何píng miàn jǐ héplane geometry
• 新几内亚Xīn Jǐ nèi yàNew Guinea
• 最近几年zuì jìn jǐ niánthe last few years; last several years; recent years
• 欧几里得Ōu jǐ lǐ déEuclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 几何原本
• 欧式几何Ōu shì jǐ héEuclidean geometry

Characters that look like 几

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 儿érchild; son
• 凡fánordinary; commonplace; mundane

Sounds the same

Read jǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 己self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 挤to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 脊(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 给(bound form) to supply; to provide; (literary) sufficient; abundant
• 济used in 济济
• 戟halberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade…
• 麂muntjac
• 掎drag
• 虮nymph of louse
• 丮to catch
• 泲clear wine; name of a river
• 踦shin